The damage from Hurricane Laura is so extensive that some infrastructure needs to be rebuilt from scratch, said Entergy, a power company that serves Louisiana and Texas. And that could mean weeks or months of powerless misery in the humid Louisiana heat.
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana, the state faces another long, grueling recovery in the wake of Hurricane Laura.
Laura destroyed parts of Louisiana's power grid after making landfall Thursday as the strongest hurricane to strike the state since 1856. The storm struck with 150-mph winds, shredded houses and contributed to at least 17 deaths in Louisiana and Texas.Hurricane Laura caused a storm surge of 9 to 12 feet and pummeled homes in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Hurricane Laura was so strong it pushed the Mississippi River backward 00:53Cardone said the water problem is not just due to a loss of power, but also the possibility of broken pipes all over the city. "There were a lot of uprooted trees on private property," he said."If they got the water lines on the private property, we'd need to go there and locate it. If people are evacuated, we don't know where the leaks are.
— EEI August 29, 2020 Because carbon monoxide is odorless, it can be difficult to detect and can be dangerous indoors.CNN's Tyler Mauldin, Christina Zdanowicz and Dave Alsup contributed to this report.
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